Clarion 1976-02-13 Vol 51 No 16

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Bethel College
Greely battles
leukemia; plans
return to ,classes
by Kathleen Asselin
"I had some pretty rough goes this
time," said Paul Greely last week after
being released from treatment for leu­kemia
at Midway Hospital.
"A few touch and go moments, but
the new experimental drug did its thing.
After a very nauseating three days of
treatment, I had a nearly complete re­mission,"
he explained.
Paul, who has battled with leukemia
for over a year, explained his case.
"I produce bad leucocytes, or white blood
cells, which don't allow my bone marrow
to produce red cells," he said. "The
result is severe anemia to the point
that I can hardly function."
A painful bone marrow test at the
beginning of Interim revealed Paul's
white blood cell count at a low 1400
(a normal status being 5500). Having
"no ability to protect against infection,"
he was admitted to Midway. After treat­ments,
followed by a week's rest at
home, PaUl found his red cell count
had dwindled, he raged with a 103 de­gree
fever, and intestinal infection had
set in.
"My blood was so thin it literally
leaked out of my vei,ns," said Paul.
With the cross-matching of blood and
:platelets, his body reacted with what
Paul called "the ultra chills plus burning
fever that peaked over 105 degrees."
"I had an IV needle in each arm
and was slotted for Intensive Care when
they decided to use a thermal cooling
blanket," he said.
The rubber piece that Paul laid on
circulated water at 100 degrees about
his body and slowly brought his temper­ature
down. Otherwise, he was "fighting
it off with antibiotics night and dayt"
"I bounced back last week," reported
Paul. His white cell count climbed to
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1500, although he estimated it at three
or four thousand at the time of inter­view.
"I feel weak," he said. "I couldn't
get · on the paddleball court and take
anybody on, but I'm feeling pretty hunky­dory."
Paul commented on his isolation sta­tus
which was announced in Chapel last
week. Confusion arose among Bethel stu­dents
because he was seen in the book­store
that same afternoon.
"It was a protective measure to tell
people to be concerned, but not to visit
me and risk my ' chances of infection.
"Technically speaking," he continued,
"it was not good for me to be at school,
but the doctors had released me due
to my improved condition."
Last Monday, Paul returned to the
hospital for another bone marrow test
to determine "how well the drugs killed
it off." With these three days of ex­tensive
treatment, Paul expects to lose
the rest of his hair.
Before he entered the hospital, Paul
spoke optimistically of returning to
school in a week or two to pick up
his full load of classes. (Sound ambi­tious?
Actually, PaUl dropped his fifth
course in ceramics.)
"The floor at Midway is 'old home'
to me," said Paul, "but sitting around
a hospital is not my cup of tea. I'd
rather be doing something."
The Standard article about him was
a strong Christian witness, according
to Paul. "My parents left some copies
and all the nurses read it, so they
know where I stand," he said. "They
see that I rely an awful lot on God
for my breathing today!"
Greely's attitude toward the future?
"I take it in stride," he said confidently.
"Things will work out, but I don't take
life for granted," Paul said. "I would­n't
trade Bethel for 'any other place
in the world right now. I owe the st~­dents
more than I can pay back. I
can't express in words the feelings I
have ... just that I love them."
"Let them know God brought me back
to the health I have," Paul added. "I'll
be back to Bethel soon."
editorial-
Yeorb'oo,k future debo,ted
'In recent y~ars the Bethel Spire has had a less than
glorious history. Disasters I have been attracted to the Spire
like freshmen to water fights. Late yearbooks, books with
typographical and copy problems, editor resignations, staff
squabbles, and rampant gimmickry have plagued the Spire
during the past few years. In addition to this, skyrocket­ing
production costs have produced added pressures for all
involved with the Spire.
But perhaps the biggest headache that faces the Spire to­day
is student apathy. We do not wish to argue the cause/ef­fect
questions in relation to this; the point is that apa­thy
now stands as the greatest obstacle to yearbook success.
In short, the student body has proven to be generally un­concerned
in terms of committed support for the Spire. This
has been demonstrated in several ways. For instance, sen­ior
pictures and sUbscription fees are rarely turned in on
time. Also, it is a monumental task each year for the Stu­dent
Senate (especially the Communications Board) to find
a qualified person willing to ed.it the Spire, much less find­ing
an adequate staff. On the whole, students seem to
want, for a variety of reasons, a book without desiring to
give even a partial degree of commitment.
Whether a yearbook per se is valuable for an academic
institution we will not say. We can only analyze the prob­lems
and apathy surrounding the Bethel Spire, and draw con­clusions
from this. Thus it should be obvious that it is time
for serious critical analysis concerning the Spire. For once,
the Communications Board should question the validity of pro­posing
the yearbook year after year after year. For once,
the Student Senate' should consider not rubber stamping yet
another Spite budget proposal. For once, that mass of silence,
the student body, should quit expecting to have a commit­ment-
free yearbook handed to them every year, and either
support the Spire or forget it. Let's not wait until next
year to make these important decisions; the time is now.
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editor. AI! letters should be signed and
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Letters
Sem-ite IIrelatesll reality olf reformation
Dear Editor:
Two months have lapsed since the appearance of your
equitably sincere treatise on lifestyle expectations at Bethel
Seminary. I mean, it was er - - uh, right-on! Like you really
told it like it was. While we understand that the article
was written to prepare young collegians aspiring to become
a part of our sem community, it served as a summons
to self-evaluation on our own part.
The veracity of your analysis was empirically proven by
its pragmatic impact upon our seminary community. As
Bonhoeffer would say, "I am continually amazed by the
ability of our weaker brothers within the eschatalogical com­munity
of this dispensation to point out our blind spots."
Allow me to briefly chronicle the reformation which is
occurring "over the hill."
One of the immediate effects was the hum of sewing
machines throughout sem village the evening of that glorious
day as students everywhere converted their pants to high
water height. Another immediately noticeable phenomenon
was the mix-and-clash contagion, best exemplified by Presi­dent
Lundquist who arrived the following Monday morning
in a pinstripe shirt with paisley pants and a checked tie.
Taste was despised almost as severely as Rudolph Bult­mann's
demythologizing!
Nevertheless, even at a conservative Christian school such
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as ours, there still remain those who would assert that
they have uniqueness as individuals apart from the corporal­ity
of our existence. Imagine, there' are actually those who
would propagate the myth that we have what they term
,"certain inalienable rights." Some have gone so far
as to burn , their Greek flash cards in protest. And the
real radicals have even reverted to stopping at the stop
sign, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of us reform­ers.
We sincerely hope that you who have seen the beam
in our eye will realize that these reactionaries do not
typify the 'seminary comm~ity. It is our utmost desire
that this open atmosphere of constructive criticism will
continue to exist between the College and the Seminary. '
But you, our college brethren, must realize that this
reformation cannot be a one-way street. I think that the kind
of sacrifice demanded is that best demonstrated by my own
brother who, having realized the error of his ways, shaved'
off his sem-beard in an admirable act of affirmation and
activation of the principles involved. We must strive together
to brin~ about the betterment of the Bethel community.
Gratefully yours,
Ronald Troxel
Third-year Sem Student.
1M Supervisor, appalled at objectivity
Dear Sir:
In last week's Clarion, you and one of your more ob- :
noxious and untalented writers, Mark Troxel, blasted the
Intramural program at Bethel. The two of you made per­sonal,
slanted · remarks regarding the temperament of IM
athletes. You ripped the quality and dedication of IM of­ficials
by, in no less words, inferring them to be unqual­ified
amateurs. And above all, you had the gall to critic­ize
and make tun of ~M scheduling and its supervisor. An
outrage! When did the Clarion start reporting the real
truth, the way it really is?
Sincerely,
Dan Swanson
1M Supervisor
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Broken Arcs
by Bill Trollinger
One (good?) reason has kept me from writing any
columns this year dealing with "Christian thoughts." Intim­idation.
Yes, intimidation. For instance, with so many MKs,
PKs, DKs, and CCKs ("Constantly in Church" kids) here
at Bethel, it is hard not to be intimidated, knOwing that
it is impossible to say anything that "Pastor Joe" or "Rev­erend
Peterson" or fifth grade Sunday School teacher "Mrs.
Harris" has not said (and sa!d and said). Also, because
Bethel is blessed with such~n outstanding and reputable
Biblical Studies ana. Theology Department, the fear of being
snickered at for my lack of knowledge concerning Greek
or ignored for my being a History/Literature major is
.very real. .
But, whether these are legitimate f~ars or not, I cannot
write for an entire year without referring to my faith, es­pecially
when it concerns such an essential part of Christi­anity
- prayer. This communion of man with God is a
fundamental element of the Christian's life, an element that
must pervade all sectors of the believer's life. "Pray without
ceasing" is not a homily to be passively ignored; rather,
it is a state of normalcy for the growing ~hristian.
-U~fortunately, prayer tends to become a, repetition of per­sonal
petition. In my own life I have noticed a mon­otonous
tendency to introspectively pray, seeing only my
over-magnified, over-erpphasized problems. "God, I need
this," or "God, I need that," or "God help me." Gimme
gimme gimme. Whether we realize' this or not, this is
our "old self," rearing its ugly head even while we commune
with God.
Now it must be emphasize<J that personal petition is an
important part of prayer. But a pervasive egocentric em­phasis
greatly detracts from, and even destroys, other im­portant
aspects of 'prayer. One of these vital elements is
intercessory' prayer.
W.W. Stevens defines a prayer of intercession as "the
highest type of prayer ... (being) one in which we forget
ourselves and plead the cause of others." It is the bearing
of the burdens of other people, the holding up of another
individual's needs before God in prayer. Jesus in the Garden
of Gethse~ane, pleading the cause of the disciples and
non-disciples before His Father (John 17), is the most beauti­ful
example of intercessory prayer.
That this intercessory prayer, or "substituted love" as
Charles Williams would call it, is needed should be ov­vious.
The needs of the world and of ' individuals cannot
be ignored. The burdens of the homeless thousands in
Guatemala, the grieving parents in Louisville, the tense
student in Arden Hills all offer testimony to the desperate
calling for men and women to enter the holy communion
of prayer bearing the burdens of others. '
One more point. The pragmatic and therapeutic effect
of intercessory prayer should not be underestimated. Ask
Paul Greely.
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Winter celebration makes annual appearance
by Dawn Hart
If you are looking for an inexpensive way to spend
this weekend, the Campus Coordinators have just the answer
- Sno Daze. This annual celebration of winter is being
held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13 and 14 featuring the
following fun-filled, action-packed schedule:
Friday:
Mount Zion, Bethel's very own tubing hill, will be
open. Free tubing, hot chocolate and donuts are the
highlights of this evening in the snow.
Saturday:
10 a.m. Get up bright and early and run on out
to Lake Valentine for the Polar Bear Swim. If you
are brave enough to don a swimming suit and plunge
in, you may win the annual Polar Bear Swim award
to be presented at the ceremony at 11 p.m. (There
is also a possibility of newspaper and T.V. coverage!)
11 a.m. For all you Snow Football fans, there will
be a mass Snow Football game on the football
field. The winning team will win an award.
1 :80 p.m. Wax your cross-country skis for this event.
All cross-country ski enthusiasts are encouraged to
try their skill in the annual Cross-Country Ski Race
on Bethel's new campus.
S p.m. Mount Zion will be open again for more
free tubing! Come one, come all!
9 p.m. "Snowball Express," a story of a family
and their adventures in building a ski resort, will
be shoWn in the gym. (Where else?). Cartoon charac­ters
Chip and Dale, Donald Duck, and Humphrey
(one of Donald Duck's friends) will also be featured.
These flicks are free if you own a SAC card.
If you don't, it's only 25 cents.
11 p.m. Round off your weekend at the Snow Pork­out,
-a grand buffet dinner in the cafeteria. This
is where those award winning people should show
up for the awards ceremony. Among awards given
will be: The Uncle Wiggily Contest Winner, Polar
Bear Swim Award, Beard Growing Contest Winner,
Winner of the Cross-Country Ski Race, an award
to the Hottest Hot-Dog Tuber, the Snow Football
winning team award, and the Snow Pork-out Award.
Mort and Shirl remind Bethel students interested in this
gala affair that tickets for the buffet dinner can be bought
in their office. Also, those brave enough to take a dip in
Lake Valentine for th~ Polar Bear swim and the cross­country
ski enthusiasts should sign up at the .Campus Co­ordinator's
office.
As Mort said, "Sno Daze can be as much fun as
the people who come. Involvement is essential in this type
of campus activity to make it work."
"Creative Christian communicator" reviewed
by Diana Gonzalez
As Joseph Bayly spoke in chapel last week, he offered
to our academic community the challenge of striving to be as
simple and creative a communicator as Jesus was. This
idea of "Creative Christian Communication" was carried
through the rest of the week in Bayly's chapel talks and in
most of his scheduled meetings.
In his chapel speech, "Creativity and the Arts," Bayly
had some hard 'comments to make on not only Christian
artists but on all Christians in general. He said that one
of the reasons why great Christian artists are not to be
found today is because we are afraid to show what we are
really like to the secular' world: In Christian writing, Christ­ian
characters often come off as one-sided, faultless, depth­less
people. Bayly urged us to p:J;:ay the prayer, "God make
me a creative person," emphasizing that we can be creative
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.painting or economics.
I did not feel that Bayly's speech on Friday, "Communi­cating
through Relationships," was quite as effective as the
two preceding chapels. Perhaps we are too used to hearing
about relationships, about our need for acceptance, about ur­ban
depersonalization. I felt he could have approached the
subject from a different angle. But he did propose a worth­while
challenge to each one of us - the challenge to "re­joice
in being exactly what I am."
Having recently read his book, The View From a Hearse,
I heard some of the incidents which Bayly had used in this
book retold in his speeches to illustrate a point. They lost
some effectiveness the second time around.
But overall, Bayly impressed me as an adept com­municator
as well as a versatile one. In one of his talks
outside of chapel, he remarked that he strives not to be
stereotyped as a kind of writer. In his writing he haS
accomplished this, moving from satire (The Gospel Blimp)
to serious writing (The View From a HearSle) to poetry
(IPsalmS of IMy Life) to short stories and parables (How
Silently, How Silently). He now, plans to write a novel for
the secular publishing market. Whatever its plot may be, we
can be sure it will portray Christians "as they really are,"
men and women with basic human needs.
As I listened to Bayly on two of his scheduled meet­ings
with classes on Thursday, he appeared to be a bit
worn-down. Perhaps next time we have a Staley Scholar
here at Bethel, it would be wise to give him a less­tiring
schedule. Four straight hours of communicating
is bound to strain even the most effective of communi­cators.
Student recounts Israel Interim tour experiences
by Bruce R. dohne
The land of our loving Lord Jesus captured the hearts
of twenty-one Bethel students this Interim.
In His beautiful way God used special means to put
each student on the Europe-bound charter flight which left
Minneapolis on December 29. The group arrived in London
very tired after a ten-hour flight. However, jet-lag did not
keep most from exploring the city. From London we had a
stormy crossing of the English Channel, during which time
many would-be sailors were hanging over the rail. A train
across northern France brought us into Paris for New Year's
Eve. The typical coldness of the Parisians toward Americans
did not spoil the festivities for the students. Next it was
on to Athens for a one night stop-over before flying to
Tel Aviv.
We stepped onto the soil of the promised land thanking
the Lord for a safe journey and for the clear, sunshiny, 70
degree weather. From there it was a short drive "home."
We were settled comfortably (well, some might not think
so) into our rooms at the American Institute, which is
perched on the edge of Mt. Zion itself. From then on the
land was ours.
While our stay was packed with exciting and romantic
places, dripping with history and special Biblical significance,
there were certain spots that the group agreed were a little
better than the rest.
One such spot was the oasis of Ein Gedi in the desert
Wilderness of Judah, where Jesus .probably quenched his
thirst during his forty-day fast. Here a series of three
waterfalls, each with its own emerald pool, surrounded by
thick tropical vegetation, brings the sparkling spring water
splashing down to the Dead Sea. The group showered· under
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the falls and played on a natural rock slide, many happily
calling the spot "paradise on earth." ,
Another favorite was the Sea of Galilee, where we spent
a night at a youth hostel. Standing on the shore of the
lake surrounded by tropical fruit trees . and a prism of
brightly colored flowers, we watched the sun pour through a
hole in the heaps of clouds, creating a captivating mist ovell
the clear, glassy waters of the sea. We felt a deep appreci­ation
of the "specialness" of the land where God chose to send
His Son.
Best known to all of us was our "home" - Jerusalem.
The magic of the Old City with its hundred!) of tiny hole-:
in-the-wall shops; dark, dirty streets; myriads of exotic
smells and sounds; and countless kinds of people, all beau­tiful
in their varying d,egrees of ugliness and deformity,
was totally enchanting.
The dark, leering Arab shopkeepers, all with "a brother
in America," were almost scary at first. However, as time
passed the group lear~ed to .,talk to them, haggle over
prices, match wits, and eventually call some of them "friend."
The spiritual significance of the trip varied from person
to person. Some felt especially close to the Lord as they
walked on roads He must have walked. Others felt they could
feel His presence just as well in their dorm rooms at
Bethel. Whatever the case, everyone got more of a
feeling for what life was -actually like for Christ. A great
many people in Israel still live and work . as they did
2000 years ago.
The group as a whole wa:s drawn closer ,together by
several beautiful worship times in such places as the caves
where early Christians hid from persecution and on the sand
beach where once stood the graceful marble city of Caes­area
on the Mediterranean. By the end of the trip there
was a strong love and sense of oneness binding the group.
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The land of Palestine itself is an exciting and diverse
country. It is a small piece of real estate that the great
world powers have fought over for four or five thousand
years. Although one can drive across it in a few hours, and
from top to bottom in a half a day, the land offers almost
every type of climate and geography imaginable. The traveler
may enjoy the hot, dry sun of the Jordan valley or the
Sinai, or he may go north to the snowy slopes ' of Mt.
Herman. He may choose from the , gentle rolling hills be­neath
the rocky Central Range, the fertile valleys in Gali­lee,
or the California-type Mediterranean coast.
The way the Israelis ha ve transformed the dry, un­productive
land into a rich green garden is amazing. These
brave and industrious people have had to fight both man
and nature in order to establish a home where they could
be free from the persecution of the last two thousand
years. The whole country is constantly alert to the impending
danger of the surrounding Arab countries. The ~sraeli army
is out in force on the highways and in the streets of
every town and village. But they give a sense of security
and calm rather than alarm. Israel wants life for her people
to go on as usual.
After three weeks in that land of lands, promised since
antiquity to the chosen people of God, another group of His
special ones prepared to say a sad goodbye to the country
they had learned to love. All of us were changed in one
way Or another. While some looked forward to coming home,
many blinked back tears upon leaving Jerusalem, and silently
promised her, "I'll ,be back."
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Track team begins indoor season
by Larry Caldwell
"The worst is over now .. hopefully,'"
commented a cautiously optimistic mem­ber
of Bethel's 1976 track team about
the Minnesota winter weather. Noncha­lantly
battling the sub-zero temperatures
and wind chill last week, the 25 team
members officially started practicing for
their four month long indoor and outdoor
season. Eight indoor meets are scheduled
before spring break with eight outdoor
meets following afterwards.
Coach Gene Glader is "generally en­couraged"
by his young team (only two
are seniors) . He commented on this
year's squad: "We are getting a better
start than last year. We are stronger
in all the middle-distance running events
and this will help make up for the
big loss of Steve Whittaker, the only
one who graduated from last year's
squad. And in the other events we appear
to have a little more depth than · last
year too." .
Glader hopes for a repeat second place
finish again this year in the Tri-State
Conference. "Powerful Westmar will a­gain
be favored for ' the number one
spot and we should definitely be the
number two favorite." He continued by
. saying that the first place trophy is
ou~ of reach unless the team gets more
men out for the field events, especially
in the shot put, discus, and long jump,
where there are currently no partici­pants.
"Anybody who wants to come
out and work out with the team is
invited," Glader emphasized.
If prospects for the other field events
look bleak, hopefully they will be made
up for somewhat by the pole vault,
which "is stronger than it has ever
been before," according to Coach Glad­er's
memory. Led by team captain Bruce
In short • • •
Devotional Guide
Throughout the Scriptures, God has
given record of the calls of many of
his servants. As we study the calls of
these men, we see that God commanded
the chosen men to "go" and "speak"
within the power of the Almighty. God
had touched the lives of these men even
before their birth and had commissioned
them to His work. If we as Christians
would hear God's call and follow as
these men of old, perhaps our evangelism
would be more effective.
Saturday, Feb. 14 Isaiah 6 :1-9
Sunday, Feb. 15 Ezekiel 2:1-7
Monday, Feb. 16 I Samuel 3 :2-10
Tuesday, Feb. i7 Matthew 4 :18-22
Wednesday, Feb. 18 Jeremiah 1:4-10
Thursday, Feb. 19 Genesis 6 :11-22
Friday, Feb. 20 Luke 22: 39-46
Chapel Schedule
Monday: Presidents' Day Convocation
Tuesday: Pastor Spickelmier
Wednesday: David Howard - IVCF
Thursday: David Howard - IVCF
Friday: Stegemoller
Mis~ions emphasis sl'ated
Two days of overseas missions em­phasis
will be held February 18-19 at
Bethel College and Seminary , in Arden
Hills under the leadership of Mr. David
Howard, Director of Urbana '76, the
triennial missionary convention of Inter­Varsity
Christian Fellowship held at the
University of TIlinois. Mr. Howard will
be speaking at Bethel chapel services
on Wednesday and Thursday, 9 :40 a.m.
in the Seminary and 10 :30 a.m. in the
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R. Peterson and Phil LaGesse, along
with freshman hopefuls David S. Johnson
and Paul Rasmussen, the pole valuters
hope to bring in many points for the
squad.
The only other senior on the squad
besides Peterson is Tom Schafer. He,
along with Scott R. Anderson and Jeff
Schwalm, will tackle the hurdle events.
In the 440-yard dash and below Be­thel
should also be very strong. Guiding
the quarter-milers will be Gene Blair:
with help from Steve Hage. Kim Walker
and Mike Bogard will handle the other
sprinting duties.
The middle-distance runners will call
upon last fall's cross-country background
running to provide most of the real
depth for the team. Bill Whittaker and
Curt Brown will specialize in the 880-
yard dash and races under that while
Larry Caldwell, with the help of Dave
Clapp and Jim Timp, will lead the way
in the 88O-yard dash and distances up
to the mile run. Four freshmen - Brad
Strom, Greg Kramer, Dan Head, and
Mitch Johnson - will specialize in the
two-mile and three-mile runs.
Tonight at 6 p.m. at St. Olaf College
in Northfield, Minnesota, the track team
officially starts the 1976 season.
Bethel goe's patriotic;
wea'r 0 1 wig Monda.y
Monday, February 16, will be "Bicen­tennial
Day" at Bethel, with speeches,
dinners and debates planned to create
interest in our nation's birthday.
During the chapel hour, Jim Johnson's
In.terim class will be presenting a slide
show from their Eastern historical tour.
Also, Dale Rott's bicentennial drama
troupe, Alethea, will be presenting ex­erpts
from their play, Render unto Oae·
sar; Render unto God.
Wayne Erickson, Food Service co-dir­ector,
is planning bicentennial menus
for the day's meals. Such dishes as
Indian corn pudding, corn fritters, lamb
with mint sauce, clam chowder, oyster
stew-, pecan and rhubarb pie, and buck­wheat
pancakes- are planned to entice
any patriot. Candy will also be made
. from ·a cookbook containing Abe Lincoln's
favorite recipes. Walnut fudge and fruit
bars will be sold at "old-fashioned pri­ces."
At 3:00 in the AC Lounge, an early
American town forum meeting will be
held. Mark D. Johnson will be organizing
a discussion concerning whether we
should, in· fact, observe the bicentennial.
Students and faculty are encouraged
to wear old-faShioned, early American
or other patriotic clothing if they so
desire.
Hard work pays
off for frosh star
by Jim Morud
"I never thought that I'd ever be
wanted by a college for wrestling or
anything else," said Bethel's 150-pound
wrestling sensation,Mike Reeves. "But
if it wasn't for wrestling, I wouldn't
have been able to come to Bethel."
Mike Reeves used to think he was
a loser until his senior year at Frid­ley
High School, the Minnesota state
wrestling champions. In spite of his undy­ing
determination to make the" A" squad
at Fridley, Mike just couldn't make it
to the top. Finally, in his senior year,
his efforts paid off as he accumulated
a 29-6-2 re00rd and qualified for the
state championship meet.
As a freshman at Bethel, Mike has
a 13-5 record this season, leading the
team in falls with a total of five.
For a wrestler, Mike's physical appear­ance
is somewhat misleading. But on
the wrestling mat , Mike's limber, wiry
frame is fueled by a heart that pumps
determination throughout his tireless ana­tomy.
His slender upper body is support­ed
by two spring-like legs.
"I know that when I go out there
to wrestle I'm probably weaker, physic­ally,
than my opponent," Mike admitted,
"but I think that the Lord has given
me a natural endUrance so that I can
keep moving and tire my opponent out."
Mike has found himself trailing his
opponent in points during the first period
of a match on several occasions. But
if he doesn't stick his opponent to the
mat before the end of the match, he
has an uncanny knack for outscoring
his opponent in the final two periods
by wearing his foe to a frazzle.
"He's the hardest worker on the
team," said senior Dave Lindenberg.
"There's just nobody who can keep up
with him."
"Mike's the most complete wrestler
on the squad," added Coach Klostreich.
"He might not have the brute strength
tha t a lot of wrestlers have, but he
has balance, desire, and guts. He knows
how to think wrestling."
For Mike Reeves, the discipline and
the confidence have come hard and slow.
"My dad raised me to never give
up," said Mike. "He was strict at times,
but he taught me discipline and how
to appreciate what I've got. He has
always emphasized how important it is
to keep the family together through tough
times, and I know it's because he's
trying to make us realize what life is
about here on earth - that there are
times when you can't rely on anybody
but yourself. That's why I like wrestling
because you're out there all by yourself.
I can see how wrestling has brought
me closer to the Lord because it can
be such a humbling sport. It has brought
me closer to my brother, too."
Mike's brother, Bill, a senior wrestling
standout at Fridley, has signed a letter
of intent:to Bethel for next year.
A business major, Mike enjoys the
outdoors more than the books or the
city life. He is an adept landscape design­er
and woodworker. And his favorite
sport? Football.
Intmmural Standings
Alpha. League
1. Buckeyes 5-1
2. Lothair Complex 4-1
3. Grunt 5-2
4. J-Birds 3-3
5. Productivity 2-3
6. Blind Faith 2-3
7. Team 2-3
8. Lions 2-3
9. Rhyme 'n Heptameter 1-4
10. Philistines 1-4
Royals drop two;
Ya,nkton tonight,
Braves Saturday
by Daniel Swanson
Halfway through the Tri-State Confer­ence
season, not one team had lost
a game at home. This past weekend
the Royals changed all that by dropping
two games here at home.
In the first game on Friday night,
Bethel took on the Northwestern Red
Raiders. The Royals played a good first
half to trail only by one point at half­time,
35-34. In the second half, the game
remained close until the final few min­utes.
Plagued by the same problem all
year, the Royals faded in the crucial
final minutes of ,the game to lose 75-60.
Curt Oslin led Bethel with 22 points.
Paul Healy assisted with 10 points and
12 rebounds.
On Saturday afternoon, Bethel hosted
Westmar. Playing an excellent first half,
the Royals built up a big 51-37 lead
by halftime. At the outset of the second
half, it looked as though Bethel would
blow Westmar right off the floor. Led
by Craig Oslin, the Royals built up
a seemingly insurmountable 81-60 lead.
From there, words can hardly describe
what happened. Failing to slow the game
down, the Royals looked pathetic and
played hapless basketball. Hitting only
6 of 19 from the free throw line in
the second half, a mere 32 percent,
the Royals staggered while Westmar
came storming back. Though it didn't
seem possible, the Royals lost 90-87.
Curt Oslin again led Bethel scorers
with 25 points. Don Carey added 16
points and Paul Healy scored 15 while
grabbing 10 rebounds. Craig Oslin scored
14 points, all in the second half. Clear­ly,
the outcome of the game was decided
by Bethel's failure to slow the game
down and their failure to convert from
the free-throw line.
This weekend the Royals travel to
South Dakota. Tonight they play at Yank­ton
and tomorrow afternoon at Sioux
Falls. In a small conference such as
the Tri-State a few wins can make
a big difference in the ·standings. The
Royals will need to win at least one
game on the road to stay out of the
cellar.
Royals plagued
by forfeits; next
match at St. Olaf
The Bethel Royal Wrestling team tra­veled
to Ashland, Wisconsin on Tuesday,
February 3, to defeat Northland College
for the first time in nine years.
Trailing by twelve points after giving
up forfeits in the 118 and 126-pound
classes, freshman Scott Urquhart started
the team in motion as he picked up
a win by decision in the 134-pound class.
Jerry Miller followed suit in the next
match at 142 pounds as he defeated his
opponent decisively. At 150 pounds, Mike
Reeves accelerated the momentum by
sticking his opponent. Jim Morud picked
up a win by fall at 158 pounds, and
then it was Bethel's turn to take some
free points as Northland forfeited to
Jeff Zitloff at 167 pounds. Rick Smith
put victory out of Northland's reach
after his 177 pound match, pinning his
opponent. At 190 pounds, freshman Bar­ret
Holmgren suffered a tough loss, and
at heavyweight, Gary Peterson, returning
from a long lay-off in Israel, also had
to face defeat. The Royal wrestlers re-turned
with a 30-24 victory.
On a long, tiring road trip to Yankton,
South Dakota on Friday, and to Orange
I City, Iowa on Saturday, the Royals, still
void at 118 and 126-pounds, were unable
to reap a victory by team points. How­ever,
not including the twelve points
that Bethel rendered in forfeits, the Roy­als
defeated Yankton 17-14, and lost to
a tough Black Hills State team, 19-14
on Friday.
The following morning at Orange City,
Bethel lost to the perennial Conference
champions, Westmar, 19-9 by several
close decisions, and defeated Northwest­ern
16-13 in actual competition.
Mike Reeves led the team as he pocket­ed
four wins on the road trip. Gary
Peterson, suffering from an ailing knee,
carried home three victories, while Jerry
Miller and Rick Smith won two and
tied one. Jeff Zitzloff added two vic­tories
and Jim Morud managed one win.
On Wednesday the Royals take on
Carleton and st. Olaf on another road
trip.
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Girls B-ball breeds excitement
by Mark Troxel
So you think basketball is a game
reserved only for hairy-legged, long-arm­ed,
tube-socked, be-jocked, behemoths -
men who can . leap tall buildings in a
single bound and move faster than a
wife-hungry upper classman at Welcome
Week. Well, you're wrong, as anyone
who has attended a Bethel women's bas­ketball
game will attest to. Women's
basketball breeds an excitement and en­thusiasm
reminiscent of one's earlier
days.
It is just this enthusiasm that fosters
a sense of true sport for the few fans
who support the women. Unfortunately,
for those of you who have never seen
a women's basketball game, the sea­son
is almost 'Over with the final home
game being played last Monday night.
As of last Saturday, the Royals had
a 5-6 record with three games to play.
Coach Shirley Dawson expected the team
to win its last three however, to end
up with a respectable 8-6 won-loss record.
Miss Dawson said that she was satisfied
with the performance of this year's team
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but lamented, "It's hard to develop ~
program from one year to the next
when you can't keep people out for
the team. I only have three or four
back from last year's team, but I hope
to have more back from this team for
next year."
Basically, the women play the same
game as the men. The real difference
is that most women haven't played as
much basketball as most men and so
have less body control and don't shoot
as well. As a result, most teams play
a zone defense in order to force the
other team to shoot from the outside.
This being the case, one good outside
shooter can make a big difference to
a women's basketball team.
This has been part of the problem
of this year's team as Bethel's best
shooter, Cathy Olsen, has been injured
for several games. Nevertheless, Bethel
is competitive with teams from private
schools of our size. In . appraising Bethel
basketball, Dawson declared, "We rank
somewhere in the middle of women's
basketball teams in this state."
Women's basketball is like a class
with Russ Johnson; it has to be experi­enced
to be appreciated. For those of
you who still have not discovered wo­men's
basketball, the Royals play their
last game Tuesday night at Norman­dale
Community College and would ap­pre
cia te all the fan support they can
muster.

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Bethel College
Greely battles
leukemia; plans
return to ,classes
by Kathleen Asselin
"I had some pretty rough goes this
time," said Paul Greely last week after
being released from treatment for leu­kemia
at Midway Hospital.
"A few touch and go moments, but
the new experimental drug did its thing.
After a very nauseating three days of
treatment, I had a nearly complete re­mission,"
he explained.
Paul, who has battled with leukemia
for over a year, explained his case.
"I produce bad leucocytes, or white blood
cells, which don't allow my bone marrow
to produce red cells," he said. "The
result is severe anemia to the point
that I can hardly function."
A painful bone marrow test at the
beginning of Interim revealed Paul's
white blood cell count at a low 1400
(a normal status being 5500). Having
"no ability to protect against infection,"
he was admitted to Midway. After treat­ments,
followed by a week's rest at
home, PaUl found his red cell count
had dwindled, he raged with a 103 de­gree
fever, and intestinal infection had
set in.
"My blood was so thin it literally
leaked out of my vei,ns," said Paul.
With the cross-matching of blood and
:platelets, his body reacted with what
Paul called "the ultra chills plus burning
fever that peaked over 105 degrees."
"I had an IV needle in each arm
and was slotted for Intensive Care when
they decided to use a thermal cooling
blanket," he said.
The rubber piece that Paul laid on
circulated water at 100 degrees about
his body and slowly brought his temper­ature
down. Otherwise, he was "fighting
it off with antibiotics night and dayt"
"I bounced back last week," reported
Paul. His white cell count climbed to
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1500, although he estimated it at three
or four thousand at the time of inter­view.
"I feel weak," he said. "I couldn't
get · on the paddleball court and take
anybody on, but I'm feeling pretty hunky­dory."
Paul commented on his isolation sta­tus
which was announced in Chapel last
week. Confusion arose among Bethel stu­dents
because he was seen in the book­store
that same afternoon.
"It was a protective measure to tell
people to be concerned, but not to visit
me and risk my ' chances of infection.
"Technically speaking," he continued,
"it was not good for me to be at school,
but the doctors had released me due
to my improved condition."
Last Monday, Paul returned to the
hospital for another bone marrow test
to determine "how well the drugs killed
it off." With these three days of ex­tensive
treatment, Paul expects to lose
the rest of his hair.
Before he entered the hospital, Paul
spoke optimistically of returning to
school in a week or two to pick up
his full load of classes. (Sound ambi­tious?
Actually, PaUl dropped his fifth
course in ceramics.)
"The floor at Midway is 'old home'
to me," said Paul, "but sitting around
a hospital is not my cup of tea. I'd
rather be doing something."
The Standard article about him was
a strong Christian witness, according
to Paul. "My parents left some copies
and all the nurses read it, so they
know where I stand," he said. "They
see that I rely an awful lot on God
for my breathing today!"
Greely's attitude toward the future?
"I take it in stride," he said confidently.
"Things will work out, but I don't take
life for granted," Paul said. "I would­n't
trade Bethel for 'any other place
in the world right now. I owe the st~­dents
more than I can pay back. I
can't express in words the feelings I
have ... just that I love them."
"Let them know God brought me back
to the health I have," Paul added. "I'll
be back to Bethel soon."
editorial-
Yeorb'oo,k future debo,ted
'In recent y~ars the Bethel Spire has had a less than
glorious history. Disasters I have been attracted to the Spire
like freshmen to water fights. Late yearbooks, books with
typographical and copy problems, editor resignations, staff
squabbles, and rampant gimmickry have plagued the Spire
during the past few years. In addition to this, skyrocket­ing
production costs have produced added pressures for all
involved with the Spire.
But perhaps the biggest headache that faces the Spire to­day
is student apathy. We do not wish to argue the cause/ef­fect
questions in relation to this; the point is that apa­thy
now stands as the greatest obstacle to yearbook success.
In short, the student body has proven to be generally un­concerned
in terms of committed support for the Spire. This
has been demonstrated in several ways. For instance, sen­ior
pictures and sUbscription fees are rarely turned in on
time. Also, it is a monumental task each year for the Stu­dent
Senate (especially the Communications Board) to find
a qualified person willing to ed.it the Spire, much less find­ing
an adequate staff. On the whole, students seem to
want, for a variety of reasons, a book without desiring to
give even a partial degree of commitment.
Whether a yearbook per se is valuable for an academic
institution we will not say. We can only analyze the prob­lems
and apathy surrounding the Bethel Spire, and draw con­clusions
from this. Thus it should be obvious that it is time
for serious critical analysis concerning the Spire. For once,
the Communications Board should question the validity of pro­posing
the yearbook year after year after year. For once,
the Student Senate' should consider not rubber stamping yet
another Spite budget proposal. For once, that mass of silence,
the student body, should quit expecting to have a commit­ment-
free yearbook handed to them every year, and either
support the Spire or forget it. Let's not wait until next
year to make these important decisions; the time is now.
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IRE CIARlO
Vol. 51 - No. 16
the Clarion is published weekly by
the students of Bethel College and
welcomes concise letters to the
editor. AI! letters should be signed and
sent to P.O. 91 by the Sunday preceding
publication.
Paul Healy
Bill Trollinger
Carla Hage.
Mary Norton
Arlan Swanson
Duane Turner
editor
managing editor
copy coordinator
production supervisor
business manager
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Letters
Sem-ite IIrelatesll reality olf reformation
Dear Editor:
Two months have lapsed since the appearance of your
equitably sincere treatise on lifestyle expectations at Bethel
Seminary. I mean, it was er - - uh, right-on! Like you really
told it like it was. While we understand that the article
was written to prepare young collegians aspiring to become
a part of our sem community, it served as a summons
to self-evaluation on our own part.
The veracity of your analysis was empirically proven by
its pragmatic impact upon our seminary community. As
Bonhoeffer would say, "I am continually amazed by the
ability of our weaker brothers within the eschatalogical com­munity
of this dispensation to point out our blind spots."
Allow me to briefly chronicle the reformation which is
occurring "over the hill."
One of the immediate effects was the hum of sewing
machines throughout sem village the evening of that glorious
day as students everywhere converted their pants to high
water height. Another immediately noticeable phenomenon
was the mix-and-clash contagion, best exemplified by Presi­dent
Lundquist who arrived the following Monday morning
in a pinstripe shirt with paisley pants and a checked tie.
Taste was despised almost as severely as Rudolph Bult­mann's
demythologizing!
Nevertheless, even at a conservative Christian school such
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as ours, there still remain those who would assert that
they have uniqueness as individuals apart from the corporal­ity
of our existence. Imagine, there' are actually those who
would propagate the myth that we have what they term
,"certain inalienable rights." Some have gone so far
as to burn , their Greek flash cards in protest. And the
real radicals have even reverted to stopping at the stop
sign, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of us reform­ers.
We sincerely hope that you who have seen the beam
in our eye will realize that these reactionaries do not
typify the 'seminary comm~ity. It is our utmost desire
that this open atmosphere of constructive criticism will
continue to exist between the College and the Seminary. '
But you, our college brethren, must realize that this
reformation cannot be a one-way street. I think that the kind
of sacrifice demanded is that best demonstrated by my own
brother who, having realized the error of his ways, shaved'
off his sem-beard in an admirable act of affirmation and
activation of the principles involved. We must strive together
to brin~ about the betterment of the Bethel community.
Gratefully yours,
Ronald Troxel
Third-year Sem Student.
1M Supervisor, appalled at objectivity
Dear Sir:
In last week's Clarion, you and one of your more ob- :
noxious and untalented writers, Mark Troxel, blasted the
Intramural program at Bethel. The two of you made per­sonal,
slanted · remarks regarding the temperament of IM
athletes. You ripped the quality and dedication of IM of­ficials
by, in no less words, inferring them to be unqual­ified
amateurs. And above all, you had the gall to critic­ize
and make tun of ~M scheduling and its supervisor. An
outrage! When did the Clarion start reporting the real
truth, the way it really is?
Sincerely,
Dan Swanson
1M Supervisor
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Broken Arcs
by Bill Trollinger
One (good?) reason has kept me from writing any
columns this year dealing with "Christian thoughts." Intim­idation.
Yes, intimidation. For instance, with so many MKs,
PKs, DKs, and CCKs ("Constantly in Church" kids) here
at Bethel, it is hard not to be intimidated, knOwing that
it is impossible to say anything that "Pastor Joe" or "Rev­erend
Peterson" or fifth grade Sunday School teacher "Mrs.
Harris" has not said (and sa!d and said). Also, because
Bethel is blessed with such~n outstanding and reputable
Biblical Studies ana. Theology Department, the fear of being
snickered at for my lack of knowledge concerning Greek
or ignored for my being a History/Literature major is
.very real. .
But, whether these are legitimate f~ars or not, I cannot
write for an entire year without referring to my faith, es­pecially
when it concerns such an essential part of Christi­anity
- prayer. This communion of man with God is a
fundamental element of the Christian's life, an element that
must pervade all sectors of the believer's life. "Pray without
ceasing" is not a homily to be passively ignored; rather,
it is a state of normalcy for the growing ~hristian.
-U~fortunately, prayer tends to become a, repetition of per­sonal
petition. In my own life I have noticed a mon­otonous
tendency to introspectively pray, seeing only my
over-magnified, over-erpphasized problems. "God, I need
this," or "God, I need that," or "God help me." Gimme
gimme gimme. Whether we realize' this or not, this is
our "old self," rearing its ugly head even while we commune
with God.
Now it must be emphasize